Earlier today we wrote about the FTC planning to put an end to bribed bloggers. But they might be targeting the receiving end rather than eradicating the problem at its root. Microsoft bribes bloggers not directly; rather, it uses unethical marketing agencies.
Read more »Edelman and Waggener Edstrom Reported to the FTC
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Press That Covers Microsoft Also Sponsored by Microsoft, Praises Microsoft
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Bill Gates: “We Should Look at Even Patenting the Things That We Do Add to Help Office”
Bill Gates wants not only to make IE "extend" HTML but also to patent Office features that do so
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Bill Gates’ “Security as a lock in” Memo (to Discriminate Against Non-Windows OSes)
To Bill Gates, "security" is means of advancing Windows and they "need to make this an explicit goal of [their] security strategy"
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Microsoft talks about harming competition by embracing and extending
Nathan Myhrvold/Bill Gates Use “Embrace and Extend” Against “Mak[ing] it Easy for People to Do Competitive Operating Systems”
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Microsoft Antitrust Settlement in Arizona Might Not be ‘Funny Money’
The difference between software coupons and purchasing of new equipment
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Microsoft is Policing Digg — Claim
DIGG, like Slashdot, lost its way a couple of years ago when companies saw the potential to market, police and guide the zeitgeist. We wrote about this a few times before [1, 2] and SJVN bases his latest article on personal experience which is bitter.
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OSCON Sells Out to Convicted Monopolist Microsoft, Again
OSCON 2009 has already sold out to Microsoft, as Microsoft bought itself a keynote spot
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Lunch with Microsoft to Talk About ODF, Which it is Attacking
ODF - just like Java - has Microsoft getting close to it only to break it
Microsoft, an ODF Slugfest
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Reader’s Article: Mono as a One-way Bridge (to Windows)
YESTERDAY we showed that Richard Stallman does not support .NET/Mono in GNU/Linux, not by default anyway. The following is an adaptation of Jose's comment, which he wanted us to share here. It nicely relates to something that we saw a couple of weeks ago.
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T3 Receives Millions from “Unnamed Entity” to Attack GNU/Linux on Mainframes
Even stranger questions arise regarding T3's lawsuit against Linux-powered mainframes
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SCO “Wants to Sue Linux Users Some More” After Another Mysterious Cash Injection
SCO's business plan is consistent and the main party benefiting from it is still Microsoft
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No one supports ISO ODF today?
IBM employee and ODF TC co-chair Rob Weir’s latest blog entry seeks to rebut what he terms a “disinformation campaign being waged against ODF”.
Read more »Microsoft Publishes Anti-Free/Open Source Software Paper via Lobbyists
Microsoft front attacks FOSS in a new paper which IDG gives visibility to
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Responses to Richard Stallman’s Verdict on Mono
Richard Stallman's advice against Mono (by default) has made the front page of Slashdot where it received over 700 comments, which is exceptional even for Slashdot. The updated summary also links to an overview of Gnote...
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